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COVID-19: Man prefers shaking his leg over handshake

By IANS | Updated: March 1, 2020 18:22 IST

A video clip of a man, who prefers not to shake his hand but leg with his friends as he greets them, went viral on the internet.

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New Delhi, March 1 A video clip of a man, who prefers not to shake his hand but leg with his friends as he greets them, went viral on the internet.

The man could be seen wearing a mask, coming out of his vehicle to save himself from the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19 ). One of his friends, walking from the other side was just about to shake hands when the duo taking a pause, realised it wasn't a good idea.

Later, the two shook their legs to greet each other.

As the man walks ahead, he greeted all the other friends in the same manner.

A user, posting the video, wrote "Have heard of Handshake but what LegShake greetings Grinning faceGrinning face!!! #CoronaVirus Outbreak..."

The video amused netizens and the idea of leg shake to avoid the transmission of the Coronavirus infection.

A user taking to twitter commented "An outstanding move."

Another user wrote, "Can we actually just adopt this now and keep it even after #coronavirus is long gone? It's pretty cool."

A user said "kick it out."

( With inputs from IANS )

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